Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-05-19 | Page 1 | Cool Weather Forecast Here; Frost May Hit Area in State

Cool Weather Forecast Here Here- Frost May Hit Area in ill State Clear Skies Ski Skies s Bring Reli Relief f to Residents of Big ig Fl Flood od Sector Skies were gen generally rally fair over Utah Thursday after a freak May storm brought snow and rain in most sectors Wednesday Cool weather veath r will continue in Salt alt Lake City however and there is danger of frost damage in the southeastern part of the state according ac ac- ac- ac cording t to G. G P. P Murphy assistant t meteorologist at the Salt Lake The cl clearing aring skies brought relief to 0 residents of the Cottonwood area as the storm fed waters of Big Cottonwood Cottonwood Cot Cot- d creek subsided A Alow low of 34 degrees for the night was was was' reached in Salt Lake 28 in Modena Modena Modena Mo- Mo dena 32 i in Delta 34 31 in Duchesne and nd 32 in Coalville Temperatures between 30 and 40 degrees will prevail prevail prevail pre pre- vail generally throughout the state tonight Mr Murphy said The mean temperature in Salt Lake City Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- was 45 degrees 13 below normal 1 The storm center had shifted rapI rap rap- I idly eastward Thursday and was centered over over eastern Colorado and Kansas There was 05 inch of rain in Salt Lake inches in Modena 3 in Delta and 36 in Duch Duchesne on Wed Wed- U. U S. S highway 91 was blocked ed Wednesday night south of Kanosh by a foot of snow in Bunkers Bunker's can can- yon Millard county in southwestern southwest southwest- ern errs Utah Ulah was wa hardest hit and there were several power interruptions in il lIed on Page Pace Seven Column Four Your C J COOL WEATHER FORECAST HERE Continued from Page Pa One Cedar edar Cedar City At Logan the storm deposited de- de posited 56 of an inch of wet snow and there was snow on Ogden streets reels at noon Wednesday Tooele had ad 17 inch of tf snow Swelled by storm run off and thaw law in the high canyon regions the Big ig Cottonwood creek flooded over its ts its banks Danks filling tilling basements of homes homes omes and ca causing i lt an all estimated several everal thousand dollars' dollars damage Crews Are Busy Crews of the Salt Lake county department de- de of roads and bridges worked two days to stem the flood Using sing a bulldozer tract tractor r the workmen dug a new channel capable capable capa- capa ble le of carrying away several tim times s the le amount of water now in the creek reek according to George B. B Catmull Catmull Catmull Cat- Cat mull superintendent of the depart depart- ment W. W H. H St operator ol or the leadgate of the Salt Lake City water water wa wa- ter tar system in Big Cottonwood canon canyon canyon can can- yon on said Thursday morning that flow ow in Jn the creek had dropped to 19 second feet It had been sec see ond nd feet in the lower canyon during height eight of the flood There is little hitti danger of further trouble rouble from high waters Mr Yr Catmull Catmull Cat Cat- caused mull said The floods were primarily by clogged dogged channels of oi the he the creek bed Low flow of the past several everal years has permitted accumulation accumulation emulation of gravel in the channel channe and nd when the run-off run struck Tuesday Tuesday Tues- Tues day ay night there was no place for foric forthe forthe the ic additional water to go We have dug ug a new channel five feet teet deep and md banks have been built as high as is three feet in tn places where the theand theland land arid is level leve PROVO PROVO Heavy Heavy rains lains and melting snows news raised the level of Provo rivero river to o a point where it is endangering property bordering its banks bunks anc and members of the Provo city grave gravel crew rew were ordered to assist residents resi- resi I tents dents in keeping the river liver in bounds according to J. J P. P McGuire city commissioner Greatest flood danger is in the I vicinity of the Boyd Davis property lie he e reported ed